Dow, S&P Close at Record Highs

By Sam Mamudi

The Dow Jones Industrial Average set a record closing high Tuesday, climbing 89.16 points, or 0.61%, to reach 14,662.01. The Dow is now up 11.9% this year, as the bull market continues apace.

The Standard & Poor’s 500 index also set a record, rising 0.5% to close at 1,570.25. The S&P is now up 10.1% this year.

Small-caps aren’t joining in on the fun, with the Russell 2000 falling 0.48% today to close at 934.3. The index has lost 1.8% in the past two days; despite starting the year better than the Dow or S&P it’s now up 10% for the year, lagging the two big-caps indexes.

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